I'm not sure why this was put in as a second message, but anyway...
Paul Kislanko wrote:
If you do not believe an individual should be allowed to think, you should not be worried about voting methods.
I certainly don't have a problem with folks having whatever opinions they like. But social choice algorithms are (excepting cases of unanimity) about overruling some people's opinions. I would start by overruling the opinions of those whose opinions are self-contradictory.
I gave an example of how an individual might sincerely have different pariwise rankins that cannot be inferred from a single ranked ballot.
And I disputed its reasonable-ness.
Now PROVE that an individual s pairwise preferences can be inferred from a ranked ballot. And I don t understand it is not a proof.
Give one vote for the top candidate(s) over every lower candidate(s). Scratch off the top candidate(s) repeat until the ballot is exhausted.
What else is there to prove...?
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